It is 29 degrees and October!
Well, we made it to Ravenna, Italy. Last night we took an overnight ferry from Split to Anacona, Italy and then the train. We are a little tired, but happy to have hit one of the countries that we have been looking forward to seeing the most. What is in Ravenna? Mosaics! There is the Basilica of San Vitale from the period of Emperor Justinian that has really beauful mosaics. There are also a couple of other chirches that we visited with mosaics as well. One has a mosaic in its crypt that is under water.
This is a photo from inside of the Basilica of San Vitale.
Another shot of this inside...
This is a photo of the Church. It is octagonal.
This is from the San Francesco church. It is the underwater mosaic. We had to pay 0.50 Euros to get the lights on. Notice the fish :)
Lastly, does anyone know what this is?
This is a photo from inside of the Basilica of San Vitale.
Another shot of this inside...
This is a photo of the Church. It is octagonal.
This is from the San Francesco church. It is the underwater mosaic. We had to pay 0.50 Euros to get the lights on. Notice the fish :)
Lastly, does anyone know what this is?
posted by Carolyn at 11:58:00 AM
7 Comments:
If that thing is fruit, then I would guess it's a fig. I saw them growing on trees in Yugoslavia more than 30 years ago, but they we ripe. The level of water seems to be under the water mark. Has it been dry in Europe?
I'm not going to guess at what it is but that it the picture was taken by Carolyn on her Coolpix...
29 degrees...it is far from that here. It was only about 5 degrees during our soccer game on Friday.
The mosaic pictures turned out so well!! I love mosaics. Wait till you go to the Basilica di San Marco in Venice. The mosaics are amazing!
Hey Ryan, I did take the picture, but it was with George's camera. The things was larger then my fist, but I have been playing with the camera and I did think it looked like a macro shot.
It's a banana flower. Or something very similar to a banana (A plantain say)
I kept forgetting to mention that I had the mysterious plant confirmed as a banana flower, by my colegue from South Africa, who had banana trees growing in his back yard.
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